. Railway maintenance engineering, with notes on construction . B. Gantry Crane at Gary, Ind., C. L. S. & E. Ry. (Am. Ry, B. & B. Assn.)Fig. 154.—Mecbanical Cinder Plants. forms a part of the coaling plant, so the engines can take sand atthe same time they are taking coal. Fig. 155 shows an elevated tank for sand when the ap-paratus does not form part of the coaUng-station building. Theview shows as well the valve for controlling the flow of sand tothe engine, the pneumatic sand hoist and the sand dryer. Thesand tank is about 25 ft. above the track and the dry sand is SHOPS AND ENGINE HOUSES 2
. Railway maintenance engineering, with notes on construction . B. Gantry Crane at Gary, Ind., C. L. S. & E. Ry. (Am. Ry, B. & B. Assn.)Fig. 154.—Mecbanical Cinder Plants. forms a part of the coaling plant, so the engines can take sand atthe same time they are taking coal. Fig. 155 shows an elevated tank for sand when the ap-paratus does not form part of the coaUng-station building. Theview shows as well the valve for controlling the flow of sand tothe engine, the pneumatic sand hoist and the sand dryer. Thesand tank is about 25 ft. above the track and the dry sand is SHOPS AND ENGINE HOUSES 281 elevated into the tank through a 3-inch supply pipe. The sanddryer, which is a cast-iron stove surrounded with a perforatedscreen, has a capacity of from 10 to 20 per SAMDTAhK SAND DRYER Fig. 155.—Sand Handling Apparatus. (Robertson.) 103. Shops.—Railroad shops are generally located at thedivisional terminal point to take care of the local requirements,with the concentration, however, of all heavy repairs to equip- 282 RAILWAY MAINTENANCE ment both of cars and locomotives at a large central plant for the entire system, or for each grand di\dsion. At the central plant the shop system may be di\4ded into thefollowing general classification:Locomotive shops;Freight-car shops;Passenger-car shops. These are supplemented by the blacksmith shop, boilershop, foundry, planing mill, paint shop, store house and powerplant. The track layout may consist of cross tracks or longitudinaltracks running the length of the house. In Fig. loQA the locomotive and boiler shops are served froma transfer table and the freight-car shop has longitudinaltracks running the length of the shop.* The locomotive erectingshop is generally provided with an overhead traveling cra
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